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Blake Morgan announces new Project and Cost Management division
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has announced a new service for the construction and development industry. Believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, Blake Morgan will...
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Blake Morgan’s Professional Regulatory bulletin
The Williams review into gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare was published on 11 June 2018. This review is important because it considers issues faced by all regulators and those who...
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Employment partners rue ‘conservative’ Supreme Court judgment in highly-anticipated gig economy case
A Supreme Court decision which was expected to have significant ramifications for the ‘gig economy’ has disappointed employment partners who hoped the ruling would move questions around workers’ rights further...
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The Data Protection Act 2018, the GDPR and non EU Businesses – Beware the long arm of UK and EU law
Background – the GDPR On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force across the EU. Many businesses and their advisers outside the UK and the...
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Listed buildings: Do you need an Energy Performance Certificate?
One could be forgiven for assuming that listed buildings, by their very nature, are automatically exempt from EPC restrictions. However, the issue is far from clear cut. A more in...
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How to sell a flat with a short lease
This article was first published on News on the Block in June 2018. Short leases are an all too common problem for owners of flats when they come to sell...
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Professional Regulatory Bulletin – June 2018
It has been another busy period and you will no doubt already be aware of the two prominent recent cases of NMC and X and Bawa-Garba, which involved Appeal Court...
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Private Client Issues – June 2018
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. Reservation agreements: A way to reduce failed transactions or...
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Pabon [2018] EWCA Crim 420 – the LIBOR appeal
Amongst the complexities of the politically charged LIBOR trials, the shocking conduct of an expert witness was revealed. The LIBOR trials concerned bank employees allegedly manipulating London Interbank Offered Rate...
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Yussouf v SRA [2018] EWHC 211 (Admin)
This case concerns an appeal against the Respondent Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Adjudication Panel, on the grounds that the panel’s finding of dishonesty were based upon a two-stage test of dishonesty,...
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General Medical Council v Bawa-Garba [2018] EWHC 76
The Divisional Court allowed the GMC’s appeal against the decision of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“MPT”) to suspend Dr Bawa-Garba’s registration for 12 months and substituted the sanction of erasure...
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CVAs – Landlords strike back?
2018 has been the year of the CVA (Company Voluntary Arrangement) in the retail and casual dining sectors. With difficult market conditions and falling consumer demand, a number of high...
